Oculus Rift S Announced

[Cristiano]

The Oculus Rift headset is getting an upgrade in the form of the Oculus Rift S, available this spring for $399.

It offers better resolution, a better screen that minimizes the god ray and screen door effect, and most importantly requires no external trackers. It also will have a pass through so you can see your surroundings without taking off the headset.

Oculus Rift S Revealed with Inside-out Tracking, Resolution Bump, & New Ergonomics

Oculus today announced the new Rift S headset which ditches external tracking sensors in favor of a five-camera inside-out tracking system. The headset also gets a slight bump in resolution over the original Rift while moving from OLED to LCD displays. A brand new head mount design revamps the...

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[Brenda Archer]

That pass through could be important to a lot of users.

 

[Sid]

$399 is still a huge obstacle to see through IMHO.

 

[Free]

It also will have a pass through so you can see your surroundings

$399 is still a huge obstacle to see through

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Supposedly there is a display of the Oculus Rift S at Best Buy so it could be soon.

 

[Ghost Pepper]

Supposedly there is a display of the Oculus Rift S at Best Buy so it could be soon.

It's true: https://uploadvr.com/oculus-quest-rift-s-best-buy/

The Facebook Developer conference starts tomorrow.